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A student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as the teacher's pet in school.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the teacher's favorite student
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
witbroodjie
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Chinese Mandarin:
老師的走狗 /老师的走狗
(lǎoshī de zǒugǒu)
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Danish:
yndligselev
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Estonian:
õpetaja lemmik
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Finnish:
opettajan lellikki
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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French:
chouchou
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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German:
Lehrers Liebling
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Icelandic:
kennarasleikja
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Italian:
cocco della maestra
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Italian:
cocco
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Italian:
beniamino
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Italian:
prediletto
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Italian:
favorito
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Japanese:
先生のひいき
(sensei no hiiki)
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Polish:
pupil
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Russian:
люби́мчик
(ljubímčik)
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Russian:
учи́тельский люби́мчик
(učítelʹskij ljubímčik)
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Swedish:
fjäskare
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Swedish:
lärarens favorit
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Thai:
ศิษย์โปรด
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Thai:
ศิษย์รัก
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
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Turkish:
öğretmenin gözdesi
— student perceived to be favored by the teacher
